1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/_incr_version b/contrib/_incr_version
index 436faf14..a4fa2654 100755
--- a/contrib/_incr_version
+++ b/contrib/_incr_version
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh -eu
 old_version="$1"
 new_version="$2"
+
+if [ "$new_version" != "${new_version#v}" ]
+then
+        echo "Error: The new version shouldn't be prefixed with a \"v\"." >&2
+        exit 1
+fi
+
 sed -i meson.build -e "s/^      version: .*#release_version/    version: '$new_version', #release_version/g"
 
 printf "Minimum wlroots version? "